A short story about two nine-month-old Labrador sisters. They are bouncy, enthusiastic and friendly, perfect given their breed and their age.
The main problems are jumping up at people and pulling on lead. Walks are causing the gentleman considerable stress. For reasons not relevant here, he only took over walking them a week or so ago. (more…)
Absolutely no impulse control around people, that is the problem. Beautiful Beau is a big strong Chocolate Labrador. He’s 9 months of age and his teeth hurt. With no impulse control, his biting and grabbing of my clothes would have been nearly constant had not the lady held him back. Read more…
Integration of the new dog needs some forward planning. This is just Chapter One of a story that I’m sure will have a very happy ending, even if there are one or two challenges along the way. The gentleman is doing his best to foresee every possible eventuality. A family member is no longer Read more…
Kiki, a Chocolate Labrador mixed with a small bit of something else – Doberman perhaps – has had several homes in her two-and-a-half years. At one she had been tied up most of the time and muzzled – most likely to prevent her from chewing anything including herself. She is Read more…
The work with young Chocolate Labrador Chester is a little different to most others I work with. Although he sleeps in the house at night, the rest of his life is in and around a farm, with a large working barn and an office the far end. His lady owner Read more…
Whilst harsh training methods may well work in the moment, there is usually future fallout of some sort. I may well get some people’s backs up, but here goes! Dogs that are specifically trained and used as gun dogs are to my mind, a commodity. These dogs are trained specifically Read more…
The two Terriers have killed a couple of their free-range chickens and although they have boundary wire, the little monkeys can dig underneath. The people really only want two things at the end of the day. One is for the their dogs to be able to run freely in the Read more…
The elderly lady isn’t strong enough to walk a pulling dog. Six months ago she took on Lily, a strong and active four-year-old Chocolate Labrador. So long as she’s not stirred up, Lily is remarkably calm seeing as she has little in the way of stimulation or interest. The lady Read more…
Just twelve days ago I visited 10-year-old Chocolate Labrador Coco and new puppy Charlie http://www.dogidog.co.uk/?p=15651 . They knew things would be very difficult because Coco just doesn’t like other dogs full stop – they were expecting trouble. The initial introduction was a disaster but they have worked very hard since Read more…
I do love the variety in my job. I wrote about Coco (left) four weeks ago and about preparing him for the arrival of their new puppy: http://www.dogidog.co.uk/?p=15370. Coco is a ten-year-old Chocolate Labrador who really isn’t good with other dogs. They even had to abandon a camping holiday a Read more…